Random Inspiration: Emile Friant (1863-1932), Part 1
by Matthew Innis |Émile Friant is an artist not well-known today.  In his forced obscurity, he is, of course, hardly alone;  many talented artists of the late nineteenth century have been forgotten, especially in the post-Impressionistic era United States, where the bias for an “American Art” caused the omission of many foreign, Academically-trained artists from the nation’s official art history…